Essays on Crevecoeur

The civic virtues that are being discussed in the provided excerpts can be divided into three broad categories, namely, obtaining and maintenance of civic knowledge and putting one’s civic knowledge to use through public participation; being self-assertive when necessary, and self-restraint. Taken together, the passages suggest that to the Framers, the model citizen would be one that understands the issues of importance in the community and nation, is actively engaged in public life, and who know when to zealously advocate his point of view or concede depending upon the specific circumstances. Three examples are illustrative of this point. ...

St. John Crevecoeur was a writer of the French ascent, who came to America, and his experiences in the continent made him to develop an ideology of what a perfect society should be composed of, during times of war and times of peace (St, John 52). According to St. John Crevecoeur, a true American should be in a position to welcome new cultures, integrate the new cultures, in a way to enhance future prosperity (St, John 49). The two images named ‘preparing for market’ are used to illustrate families are going out to sell their produce, and the diversity ...

De Crevecoeur

De Crevecoeur was an American farmer during a time when the flora and fauna in the Americas were greatly despised and seen as naïve forms of life by the Europeans. He once described how the things that surround an individual play an important role in that individual’s development. He believes that ideal Americans are products of generations-old of cultural exchanges. And along that process of assimilation, native religion and portions of cultural identity “evaporated in the great distance it has to travel” (De Crevecoeur 51).

White

White was a naturalist, ecologist and a scientist. He studied different types of flora and ...